India, Aug. 15 -- "I am at the edge of partly reminiscing about this episode and partly reliving it," says 82-year-old Nina Puri, seated in her Vasant Vihar home. Born in Old Delhi, she witnessed her extended family arrive in India during Partition in August 1947. "My father's elder brother, his wife and their eight children were still in Pakistan when my father moved here in early 1940s because he was inducted into the Indian Education Services - a government position," she recalls. "But when the partition was announced, they came here with absolutely nothing and started staying with us." Her grandfather's Old Delhi home, close to the railway station, soon became a dharamshala for Hindus and Sikhs pouring in from across the border. Refugee...